Method of and apparatus for making tickets



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STANLEY LEOPOLD HENRY 'E ERHARDT, on LONDON, ENGLAND METHOD OF ANDiiPPAR-ATUS non MAKING TICKETS Application filed January 29, 1329,Seria1 No. 335,972, and in Great Britain January 31, 1928;

This invention relates to a method of,and

apparatus for, 'making the known tickets which are adapted to carryaremovable slip bearing advertising, matter.

The object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatusfor making and delivering automatically such tickets in a completestate; A

The method according to the present invention consists in interposingthe continu- 'ous section or portion from which the removable slips.are'made between two other continuous sections or portions, of materialadapted to formthe outer layers of the ticket 15.proper.. v

' In one methodaccording to the present invention the three sections orportions may be made from one blank, in which case the blank would beprinted, scored and the printed section or portion folded within theunprinted sections or'portions. In another method three separate stripsmight be used, asdescribed hereafter; A

Apparatus made according to the present invention comprises one or moreprinting units for printing the advertising matter (in 'one or morecolours), a stamping unit, gluing rollers for applying glue to theunprinted sections or portions, a folding device for folding the printedsection or portionbetween two unprinted and glued sections or portions,and a cuttingdevice for severing the tickets one from another. v 1

The accompanying drawings illustrate by 'way of example, two;embodiments of the present invention, wherein, Figures'l' to 4illustrate one embodiment, and Figures 5 to 13 asecond embodiment. 1

Figure 1, 1a are elevations of apparatus according to the firstembodiment.

' Figure 2,2a'are plans. f

Figure 3 is an enlarged face view ofa blank made by apparatusillustrated in-Figuresl and 2'a-fter it has been printed, punched,

A scored, and glued, but not folded.

Figure 4 is a face view of a complete ticket; c. Figures 5 and Garerespectively diagrammatic elevation and plan views of'a slightlymodified apparatus .madeaccording to the embodiment illustrated inFigures 1 to 4:. Figures 7 8, 9 and 10, are detail views of a part oftheapparatus shown in Figures 5 and 6.

- Figure 11 shows a. blank after passing through thestamping unit. I A

Figures 12 and 13 are detail views of another part ofthe apparatus shownin Figures 5 and'6.

Referring; to Figures 1170 4 of the drawings:

; TheframelO is mounted on standards 11 and carries a reel 12-of'thematerial (in this case cardboard) to be formed into blanks.

= The cardboard 13 is in this case wide enough for two blanks, andis'led from the reel 12 over two guide rolls 14,14 respectively to thevfirst printing cylinders 15, 15 respectively which print advertisingmatter in two, colours on the outside margins of the cardboard. Thecardboard is now fed from the printing cylinders between the impressioncylinders 16 and 16 and during its travel over the latter it is actedupon by a printing cylinder 17. This cylinder 17 prints on the reverseside of the cardboard in one colour only, but it is to be understoodthat more than one printing cylinder for printing on this side of thecardboard may be employed if desired. The board is now conveyed througha rotary stamping unit consisting ofan upper roller 18 provided-withsuitable projections adapted to act on a lower compression roller 19 toeffect the stamping operation substantially as shown at 20 in Figure 2.After passing through this stamping unit the board is passed overheatedplates 21 to prepare it for the gluing'operation and to dry off the ink.I The board next passes through a -rotary scoring device 22 where it isscored longitudinally and symmetrically in two places on each side ofits centre line, as clearly shown by the'd0t-and-dash lines in Figure 3.The

board is now passed through the gluing apparatus which consists of athree roller system 23 for supplying the glue to the apply ingroller 24which has an embossed-pattern adapted to apply glue as shown by the gluemarkingsl25 (see Figures 2 and 3). The

board la'siit comes from thegluing rollers is illustrated by Figure 3which shows quite clearly that the board is scored along the lines 26,holes 27 and 27 are punched out of the board at equal intervals, and theportions 28 carrying the printed ma ter are stamped out at regularintervals along the outside margins. The board is now ready to be cutalong its centre-line. For this purpose it is passed through rotaryslitting apparatus 29 and out along its centre-line, thereby beingdivided into two portions and then passed through pressure rollers 30which serve to hold the two portions whilst entering the folding station31. The folding station comprises eight rails, four rails operating oneach portion or blank. The first two rails are provided so that thelongitudinal movement of the blank relatively thereto raises both outermargins of the one portion to an angle of 90 degrees relatively to thecentre portion formed between the two scoring lines 26 26. The movementof the blank past the next rail of each set causes the raised marginscarrying the advertising slips 28, to be pressed down flat on theportion 32 (see Figure 3) whereupon the fourth rail of each set comesinto action and causes the remaining raised margins to be folded down,so that the slips 28 are interposed between the sections 32 and 33 (seeFigure 3). The two completely folded parts of the blank are now passedbetween a series of three pressure rollers 34, 34, 34", where the foldsare pressed and glued together. On issuing from the pressure rollers thefolded and glued strips are passed through trimming apparatus 35consisting of two pairs of rotary knives 35 arranged to trim 05 thematerial of the outer edge of each strip thereby releasing the slips 28.The two folded and glued strips are now passed between two further setsof adjustable pressure rollers 36, 36 where they are pressed to auniform thickness.

Although not shown in the drawing it is proposed to incorporate anautomatic device for indicating if the caliper measure of the finishedstrip exceeds a predetermined thickness. The strips would normally passthrough this calipering device before passing on to the rotary crosscutter 37 consisting of a number of blades carried on the cylinders 38,38, where, as shown by the dotted lines 39, Figure 3, the strips are cuttransversely to produce tickets of the required length which are passeddown a chute 40, to a stacking device 41, as shown at 42 in Figure 2.

In order to avoid delay when the board on the reel 12 is finished andthe necessity for feeding an' entirely fresh reel of board through thewhole of the mechanism, a second reel 43 is provided and the end of theboard on the reel 12 would be pasted to the commencement of the board onthe reel 43.

IVhen the reel 43 is finished the end of the board would be pasted to anew supply placed, meanwhile, on the reel 12.

In the apparatus shown in Figures 5 to 13, the arrangement of parts issomewhat different from that above described, and the machine isintended to work upon a sheet of cardboard twice the width of that shownin Figure 3, so that four tickets are produced simultaneously. In thesefigures the cardboard is led under the rollers 52 into rollers through aboard brushing device 54, (where the surface of the board is cleaned toprevent undue clogging of printing stereos and punching dies), throughfurther rollers 55 into the printing units 56 and 57, which make animprint on one side only of the sections which are to form the removableslips. The board from this point travels through rollers 58, into thescoring apparatus 59, where the underneath side is scored as alreadydescribed, through feed rollers 60 into another printing device 61, inwhich the board is printed on the other side of the sections which areto form the removable slips.

The board then passes through further rollers 62 and isallowed to sag atthis point. Up to the present the operation has been continuous, but atthis point the board has to pass through the stamping unit 64, whichconsists of reciprocatory male and female dies, and for this reason theboard is again allowed to sag, after passing through the device which isa gripper feeding device, actuated by an eccentric drive, and providedto regulate the length of board passing through the device at anymoment. This device is necessary to ensure that the stamping is incorrect register with the printing. The stamping unit 64 and grippingdevice 65 are shown in detail in Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10. In thesefigures 101 is the stamping head with guides 102, and plunge-r 103, towhich is attached the upper die of stamping apparatus 104. The plungeris moved up and down in the usual manner, by means of the eccentric 105and rod 106. The board travels in the direction of the arrow through thestamping apparatus and is moved forward periodically by means of atransport arrangement, which grips the board on its forward feedingmotion. The lower part of this gripping device 107 slides by means ofshoes 108 on slide tracks 109 and crank wheels 110 on the inner sides ofwhich are mounted face cams 111 which act on bell crank levers 112 and113 the upper ends of said bell crank levers carrying a runner slide onwhich slides the upper part of the gripping device 114 which isconnected with its lower counterpart by slide bolts 115. The operationof this device is as follows The cams 111, will rotate each as one witha wheel 110 and their shapes may be so arranged that they will operatethe bell crank levers 112 and 113 through rollers 112a and 11311 so asalternately to raise and lower the upper part 114 of thegrippingdeviceQ'By rmeans of thisdevice the board is given a step:by-step motion, being fed forward after each throughout the forwardmovement of the device. At the end of its forward movement, the upperpart 114 is raised, the board remains stationary, sothat the stampingoperation may be satisfactorily performed, and during the stampingoperation, the gripping device travels back inorder to be in readinessto feed another length ofboard forward for the next stampingoperation.Thus it will be seen that the reciprocating motion of the transportarrangement feeds the same length of board forward at regular,intervals. Figure 9 showsthe device inits maximum forward position, thatis at the momentit is about to return, leaving the board stationarywhilstthe punching operation is being eifect ed. By this means theamount of board tobe fed into the punching device at'eachoperation'canbe regulated. Figure lQsh'ows the device at thecommencement of'its forward travel and gripping the board. The holespunched .in the'board' by the punching device serve the-additionalpurpose of adjusting the register of the punching and the printing Itmight happen on occasion that a variation in'the feed ,of the machineoccurs so that the printing'is; slightly out of register with thepunchingunit, and these variations can be adjusted satisfactorily bymeans of the device'shown in Figure S wherein 116, 116 are worm wheelsactuated by worms 117, 117, the worm wheelsal16, 116

. drive threaded spindles 116 116 in engagement with a slide; plate 118.The action gof rotating the spindle of the worms117, 117

moves the plate l18=forwardly or rearwardly. The slide plate 118 isfitted with four-set pins 119 and on the descent of thehead of thepunching device, to which the slide plate 118 is attached, and beforethepunching dies operate, the set pins 119 enter the holes already punchedin the board during the preceding punching operation, so that the boardis adjusted automatically backwards orforward as required while themachine is inoperation. Toensure that; the holes about to be punched arein accurate register in relation'to the printingit-is only necessary toturn the spindle of the worms 117, 117 one ;way or the other asrequired.V v

aReciprocatingmovement is: imparted to thegripping device by thecrankwheels 110 through "connectingrods 1'10 a,and crank pins 110b,whichjengageinslots 11100 in the wheels 4110 for the purpose ofadjustment.

Referring now to Figures 5 and 16, the

board, after passing'through the device 65, is 'againmoved inacontinuous manner by means of rollers 66ithrough mechanically drivenrotary longitudinal slitting knives 67, which cut the board into fourpieces; the-board is also moved through the gluing rollers 68, where thefour strips of board are glued as previously described, and thence it ismoved between feed rollers 69. The board now'enters the folding station70, the construction of which is identical with that above described(itjbeing understood of course that in the present case its parts areduplicated),and

subsequently it passes between pressing roll- -ers 72, which ensure thatthe portions of the board are stuck together securely before thetrimming operation, which is effected by mechanically driven rotarylongitudinal cutting knives 73 to release the printed slips. The fourstripsof board now pass through the rotary cross cutter 75, where thetickets are separatedone'from another and are delivered to alaying-offtable 76 provided with an endless conveyor or conveyors 77.

l The rotary cross cutter is shown in detail in F igures12 and 13.l Inthese figures, 121

are thefsidestands of the machine, 122 is V the drivingspiridle, whichthrough intermediate bevel gears'123 and 124 drives awspin-- "dle 125 onwhich-is fixed a gearwheel 126'.

which in turn drives a gear wheel 127.1 1'

o Fixed to rotate as one with the gear wheel 127 is a gear wheel 128which in turn drives apinion 129 and this drives a pinion 130 "whichmeshes with agear wheel 131 which is keyed on to a'knife spindle 132.134 is a rotary cross knife, which, with thestationary knife 135produces the cross cut. ,As it is essential that the cuts should takeplace at predetermined points in the lengths of the 1 strips while theyare moving, therotary cross -knife' must be adjustable with regard tospeed while running- For this purpose, a worm wheel 136 is looselymounted on a sleeve between the gear wheels 127 and 128, and carriespintles about which the two pinions- 129 and 130 rotate.

The worm wheel 136 engages with a worm spindle 137 which, through bevelwheels 138 and a shaft 139, may be adjustediby'means of ahand wheel 14 Vr If for example it is desired to advance the action of the cuttingknife relatively to the board, the wheel 140 is turned in the requireddirection vto accelerate the shaft132 carrying thecutting blades 134until it'has overtaken the board to the required extentwhen the crosscut is effectedin correct register, that isto say The whole apparatusmight-be described as a differential gear by turning the hand wheel ofwhich one way or the other, the speed is either acceleratedorretardediso that :as theifolded and glued the insert is exactly in themiddle of each cut ticket.

blank travels at a regular speed towards the cross cutter, the positionof the cross out can be adjusted as required in order to obtain accurateregister on this section of the machine.

Vast quantities of tickets can be turned out each working day byapparatus according to the present invention. It is therefore obviouslyan advantage to have as many differently printed slips as possible, andin order to effect this each printing cylider may have :a number ofdifferent legends around its periphery. For example, in Figures 5 and 6the four strips of the board to be printed are acted on by four plateseach plate having six different legends set equidistantly around itsperiphery, so that twenty four different legends are being printed atthe one time. Each series of six legends are passed consecutively intofour piles-at the end of the machine.

In an alternative method of carrying out the present invention threeseparate strips of material are used. In this case the central stripwould be printed and cut out and then fed between the stripsconstituting the outer layers. This could be done by means of a suitableroller feeding arrangement provided with the necessary guides. The outerstrips would of course be punched out,

scored and gummed prior to foldin The subsequent operations could beidentical with those already described.

By the use of the present invention it is possible to effectconsiderable economy in time and labour when making tickets of the typeindicated, and a machine made according to the present invention canproduce maximum quantities in the minimum time.

I claim 1. Apparatus for making tickets from a single blank each adaptedto carry a removable slip, wherein the continuous section of the blankfrom which the removable slips are made is interposed between two othercontinuous sections of the blank adapted to form the outer layers of theticket proper, comprising a blank reel, printing units for printingadvertising matter on the sections of a blank, a stamping unit forsevering the appropriate section of the blank along three lines whichcorrespond with three sides of the removable slip, gluing rollers forapplying glue to predetermined portions of the blank, a folding devicefor folding the-printed section to lie between the unprinted sections, acutting device for releasing the inset sections, and a cutting devicefor severing the tickets one from the other.

2. Apparatus for making tickets from a single blank each adapted tocarry a removable slip, wherein the continuous sections of the blankfrom which the removable slips are made is interposed between two othercontinuous sections of the blank adapted to .form the outer layers ofthe-ticket proper,

comprising a blank reel, printing units for printing advertising matteron the sections of a blank, a stamping unit for severing the appropriatesection of the blank along three lines which correspond with three sidesof the removable slip, a scoring device for scorin g the blanklongitudinally on either side of the center line of the blank, gluingrollers for applying glue to predetermined portions f the blank, afolding device for folding the printed section to lie between theunprinted sections, a cutting device for releasing the inset sections,and a cutting device for severing the tickets one from the other.

Apparatus for making tickets from a single blank each adapted to carry aremovable slip, wherein the continuous sections of the blank from whichthe removable slips are made is interposed between two other continuoussections of the blank adapted to form the outer layers of the ticketproper, comprising a blank reel, printing units for printing advertisingmatter onthe sections of a blank, a stamping unit for severing theappropriate section of the blank along three lines which correspond withthree sides of the removable slip, a scoring device for scoring theblank longitudinally on either side of the center iine of the blank,gluing rollers for applying glue to predetermined portions of the blank,a slitting device for cutting the blank longitudinally into a number ofportions, a folding device for folding the printed section to liebetween the unprinted sections, a cutting device for releasing the insetsections and a cutting device for severing the tickets one from theother.

4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 having a transport device actuated tocause the blank to pass through the stamping unit intermittently.

5. Apparatus for making tickets from a single blank each adapted tocarry a removable slip, wherein the continuous section of the blank fromwhich the removable slips are made is interposed between two othercontinuous sections of the blank adapted to form the outer layers of theticket proper, comprising ablank reel, printing units for printingadvertising matter on the sections of a blank, a stamping unit forsevering the appropriate section of the blank along three lines whichcorrespond with three sides of the removable slip, a scoring device forscoring the blank longitudinally on either side of the center line ofthe blank, luing rollers for applying glue to predetermined portions ofthe blank, a slitting device for cutting the blank longitudinally into anumber of portions, a folding device for folding the printed sections tolie between the unprinted sections, a cutting device comprising rotaryknives adapted to trim off the material of an edge of each of theprinted sections corresponding with the fourth side of each of theremovable the outer layers of the ticket proper, comprising a blankreel, printing units for printing advertising matteron the sections of ablank, a stamping unit for severing the appropriate section of the blankalong three lines which correspond with three sides of the removableslip, registering means for ensuring that the stamping is in correctregister with the printing, gluing rollers for applying glue topredetermined portions of the blank, a folding device for folding theprinted section to lie between the unprinted sections, a cutting devicefor releasing the inset sections, and a cutting device for severing thetickets one from the other.

8. Apparatus for making tickets from a single blank each adapted tocarry a removable slip, wherein the continuous section of the blank fromwhich the removable slips are made is interposed between two othercontinuous sections of the blank adapted to form the outer layers of theticket proper, comprising a blank reel, printing units for printingadvertising matter on the sections of a blank, a stamping unit forsevering the appropriate section of the blank along three lines whichcorrespond with three sides of the removable slip, means for feeding theblank intermittently for ensuring that the correct length of the blankis fed to the stamping unit for each stamping operation registeringmeans for ensuring that the stamping is in correct register with theprinting, gluing rollers for applying glue to predetermined portions ofthe blank, a folding device for folding the printed section to liebetween the unprinted sections, a cutting device for releasing the insetsections and a cutting device for severing the tickets one from theother.

9. Apparatus for making tickets from a single blank each adapted tocarry a removable slip,wherein the continuous section of the blank fromwhich the removable slips are made is interposed between two othercontinuous sections of the blank adapted to form the outer layers of theticket proper, comprising a blank reel, printing units for printingadvertising matter on the sections of a blank, a stamping unit forsevering the appropriate section of the blank along three lines whichcorrespond with three sides of the removable slip, means for feeding theblank intermittently for ensurin that the correct length of the blank ised to the stamping unit for each stamping operation registering meansfor ensuring that the stamping is in correct register with the printing,gluing rollers for applying glue to predetermined portions of the blank,a folding device for folding the printed section to lie between theunprinted sections, a cuttingdevice for releasing the inset sections, arotary cross-cutter for severing lengths of the printed, glued andfolded blanks to form the completed tickets and means for adjusting thepositions of said cross-cutter to ensure that the cross-cut is effectedin the correct position relatively to the printing and stamping.

10. For use in the method of making tickets carrying removable slips, inwhich the continuous section of. a blank from which the removable slipsare made is interposed between two other continuous sections of materialadapted to form the outer layers of the ticket proper, means comprisinga board brushing device, printing cylinders for printing on the sectionsof a blank, a scoring device for scoring a blank along longitudinallines, a stamping unit, means for ensuring correct register of thestamping and the prints ing, gluing rollers, a rotary slitting devicefor dividing a blank into parts, a folding station, a trimming devicefor releasing the removable slips a rotary cross-cutter for severingequal lengths of the printed, stamped and folded parts of the blank,means to permit adjustment of the cross cutter to ensure that thecross-cut is effected in the correct position relative to the printing,and a delivery table for aligning and sorting the completed tickets. 1

V STANLEY LEOPOLD HENRY EBERHARDT.

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